Friday evening lectures: Lent Term 2016, Ancient India and Iran Trust, Cambridge. Lectures begin at 5.30pm. Refreshments from 5pm. All welcome. 12 February: Michelle Quay (Cambridge) Female Heroism in Sufi Hagiographical Texts – from Sulami (d. 1021) to ‘Attar (d. ca. 1221) 19 February: Arthur Dudney (Cambridge) What Language Did Kiyomars Speak? Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Theories on the Origins of Persian 26 February: Special event for Friends of the Trust T. Richard Blurton (British Museum) Krishna in the Garden of Assam 18 March: Raymond Mercier (Cambridge) (Part of the …
Reminder: Bailey Lecture 2015: Amélie Kuhrt
REMINDER The Harold Bailey Lecture 2015 Friday 11th December, 5.30pm at FAMES, Cambridge Professor Amélie Kuhrt, FBA – The King Speaks: The Persians and their Empire The Achaemenid empire was created in the space of less than thirty years and dominated, with considerable success, a region stretching from Central Asia to the Aegean for around 200 years. How did the Persian kings and ruling elite visualise their immense power? How was that vision expressed? In this talk, Amélie Kuhrt, Professor Emeritus at University College London, aims to present an outline …
Reminder: Robin Ackroyd on Genghis Khan’s Tomb
Lecture Reminder: Friday 27th November Robin Ackroyd will be at the Trust speaking about: Mongol nutag, Chingisiin Ongon – Mongolian homeland, Genghis Khan’s tomb Robin Ackroyd travelled extensively on horseback in northern Mongolia during an independent research expedition to reach remote locations that may harbour one of the greatest archaeological mysteries of all time – the secret tomb of Genghis Khan. In this illustrated talk, based on his new book about his journey, Robin will describe how he trekked, with his five horses, into wilderness once frequented by a young …
Cameron Petrie on ‘Land, Water and Settlement and the Indus Civilisation’
Lecture Reminder: Friday 6th November, 5.30pm Cameron Petrie (Cambridge) will speak on: Adaptation to variable environments, resilience to climate change; Land, Water and Settlement and the Indus Civilisation Cameron Petrie is Senior Lecturer in South Asian and Iranian Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge. His archaeological research has predominantly been carried out in Iran, Pakistan and India, and in this lecture he will present the results of the Land, Water and Settlement project (2008-2014) and introduce the ERC funded TwoRains project (2015-2020). All welcome. Refreshments …